students. it's adding to the loss and pain that one of the students accidently killed him. >> he had joy and passion in belief in students you couldn't contain it. >> that is how colleagues are remembering dr. steven mayer who was killed this morning while walking with his dog, duke. a 17-year-old girl, a student at the high school was behind the wheel. >> the accident remains under investigation, no summons have been issued. >> sources say that the teenage driver headed to the high school early for a class trip was taken to the crisis center. >> steve mayer was the father of three and his wife, donna, is a teacher in the district and went looking for him when he didn't return. she found him at the scene. >> what a wonderful man and what

precious life is. the school is suffering and it will be closed for two days, it's very, very sad. >> grief counselors were brought in to speak to staff and students. >> seeing him around he was always such a nice, loving man. >> ironically the mayor texted mayer this morning. after hearing there was an accident near the high school he didn't know it was the superintendant at the time. a vigil will be held here on washington road tonight and the public is invited to attend. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> all right nora we'll have coverage of that vigil tonight. thank you. a woman is in the hospital after someone slashed her throat in port richmond and police are trying to find out who did it. it happened on the 2900 block of frafrpg frankford avenue.

a witness called 911 and tried to help. >> they put a cloth around her neck and that is when she collapsed on the highway and that is when police arrived on the scene. officers drove her to the hospital and she is in her 40s but have not yet told us her name. the wound was 12 inches across and she lost a lot of blood. they are looking at surveillance cameras and hope to find something that could solve this case. a pickup truck is charged with running down and killing a traffic guard in trenton. the accidents along route 129 killed 69-year-old antonio wiley of trenton and that bennett from cream ridge, new jersey was driving with a suspended license, bennett is charged with causing a death while driving

with a suspended license. philadelphia police continue to question the man that -- meanwhile a second suspect in the case faced a judge today. chad pradelli is live at the scene of the crime in west philadelphia with the latest on the case. >> reporter: yes, 20-year-old sameer was arraigned on robbery and other charges, his accomplice and the alleged gunman, scott griffin has not yet been arraigned. the duo is accused of carjacking a woman at 59th and market sunday night and then as they tried to police griffin is accused of shooting officer james mccullough in the leg. i spoke with griffin's grandfather, he says that griffin headed down the wrong path about a decade ago when his mother died. police tell us that griffin is

arrested 14 times over the years and was just relently released on gun charges for lack of evidence. the grandfather wanted to apologize to the officer and his family. >> he wasn't raise that way, i would love to apologize to them. like i say, he was not raised like that, is he better than that. i just think he has a lot of anger. he has a lot of anger in him. >> reporter: and officer mccullough was treated at pen presbyterian hospital and was released and resting comfortably at home and is expected to make a full recovery. i'm live in west philadelphia, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. meantime, voters in new york are heading to the polls today to choose their nominees for president. hillary clinton voted this morning in chappaqua, and polls show she has a big lead in new york over vermont senator,

bernie sanders and meantime bernie sanders spent the day in state college, pennsylvania and will campaign in northern liberties tomorrow. on the republican side, donald trump is expected to win handedly in his home state. he cast his vote in new york city. his opponents are turning their attention to pennsylvania. john kasich was in pittsburgh this afternoon and will be in delaware and chester county on thursday. it's not quite as warm out there this afternoon and we notice wind out there as well. but the sun is out there as well. lets head outside to adam joseph for the skinny on the weather. >> the sunshine is still bright and we have high clouds and notice the cooler wind as brian mentioned coming out of northerly direction, we had the highs early in the day and they are backing off. as we look at the present numbers, 68 in allentown and the numbers in the low 80s, a good 12 to 14 degrees cooler than

yesterday. 70 in philadelphia after topping off at 78 earlier this afternoon. 74 in millville, still warm in dover as the cooler air is trying to work south along the shore and many locations in the 60s. 23 miles per hour win gusts in the lehigh valley and 32 in the poconos as well as dover, 26 miles per hour in millville and atlantic city at the airport. 25 miles per hour. a red flag warning remains in effect until 8:00 tonight for the entire viewing area. a red flag warning means we have the combination of the winds sustained 15 to 25 miles per hour with gusts up to 30 until 8:00. and a bone dry air mass in place, dry for the last six days and a very dry ground and with the warm temperatures, that mean fz a fire was to spark it could easily spread. we'll talk brian in the accuweather forecast, the first chance of showers a couple of days from now. we'll let you know when they

arrive in the full accuweather forecast. >> the lawns could use it thank you. the flyers are on the brink of elimination after the playoffs after a brutal loss to the capitals in game three that featured ugly behavior from the fans at the wells fargo center. when fans arrived they received a wrist band that lit up as a tribute to the late owner, ed snider. fans started to throw the wrist bands on the ice and it got so bad they received penalty. after the morning skate the flyers players reacted to the bad behavior that is now getting national attention. >> don't think the fans helped us out any, i think they are voicing their displeasure, i don't think you should throw things on the ice. >> the flyers are down 3-0 and they play at home again tomorrow night.

coming up walter perez will have a live report with reaction from fans as well as some flyers brass, it was no matter how you slice it an ugly scene. >> it will be interesting to hear walter's report. time now for the "action news" traffic report. lets go to the traffic center for an update. >> reporter: we are not big fans how we are starting this tuesday night ride home, this is the scene at the delaware memorial bridge, it's in the distance and you can't tell what is going on but maybe the speeds tell the story, just 7 miles per hour on at approach to the bridge and that is because of emergency construction delaware bound they are working on the suspender ropes on the bridge and they will be out there working on them until tomorrow morning. the bad news is that one lane is open for traffic headed into delaware and that causes huge delays all afternoon and it sounds like they will continue through the evening rush. the delaware memorial bridge

heading into jersey is not where you want to be, causing delays on southbound 295 and southbound new jersey turnpike. head to the commodore barry bridge as an alternate. in maple shade, a crash at high street but speeds are in the teens. and in mount laurel, they are work on patching the sewer main break from yesterday. hartford road is closed until early tomorrow afternoon. bridge road is an alternate around that. we had mid-day construction on the westbound side of 422, the crews should be out of there now and speeds are in the teens westbound in the pottstown area, and in the backlog, a crash by limerick lynn field. so it's a mess. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this tuesday afterno afternoon. if you want to head toward the commodore barry, slow traffic into chester but not nearly as

bad as the delaware memorial. we'll keep tabs on that all afternoon long. >> thank you. still ahead thousands of americans are getting a raise, find out who is impacted and when the paychecks are going up. plus, a pair of fires in new jersey, are so big they almost block the view of the center city skyline, how it started and how they are handling. >> almost a foot and a half of rain in two days time. the latest on rescue efforts for people trapped in the floods.

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to specific area. new jersey transit is diverting trains to hoboken and suspending service from newark and new york. in houston, deadly flooding has washed over entire neighborhoods. some areas saw as much as 17 inches of rain and the governor has declared a state of emergency and there is more on the way. here is abc's brandi hitt. >> reporter: one rescue after the next. the non-stop effort to save flood victims in houston continues. >> you see this on tv all the time and you don't think it will be you. >> this week's torrential rains and flooding turned roads into rivers. >> i'm about a mile from our house, i'm trying to make it. at least six people have been killed. many died trapped inside of their flooded cars including this man's whose wife died on

the way to work. >> hundreds were rescued through the night by the boatful. many thankful to be reunited with their families. >> i feel helpless. you feel so helpless and you are happy. >> floodwaters are starting to recede, damage is extensive. >> the goal is to try to get people out of shelters and into some degree of permanent housing as quickly as possible. the shelters are filling quickly as more families tuesday pack up and leave. >> they lost everything. and now they don't have nothing. >> they will shuttle residents back to their homes to pick up belongings that may be salvageable. in los angeles, brandi hitt, channel 6 "action news." bill cosby's wife, camille testified in a civil suit brought against her husband. this is the second part of her

deposition, a judge ruled she had to move forward with it despite her lawyer's attempts to stop it. they limited the type of questions that they could ask camille cosby today. this is a celebrate charge from the one he is facing in points county. target is raising minimum wage for its workers to $10 an hour, target is making the move to keep pace with other retailers like wal-mart who has also increased wages. it goes into effect in may, it puts them $2.75 above the minimum. target employees with 331,000 people nationwide. the dow is up once again today, 49.5 points and closing over 18,000. and the nasdaq down 20 points and the s&p up 6.5 points on the day. cvs is launching a new curb side pickup service, they say

that customers will be able to order items on a mobile app and have them delivered to their cars, it's calls cvs express and is expected to hit our area by the end of the year. customers still have to go inside of the store to pick up prescriptions. we have more news for the lineup here on abc. michael strahan is leaving kelly and michael but you'll see him, is he moving to "good morning america" full-time. strahan has been appearing regularly on gma since 2014 and has been the official cohost of kelly and michael for four years. live will kick off their search for a new cohost this fall. and now this will have a big impact on the commute. are you looking at the schuylkill expressway, there is a pickup truck sideways, blocking traffic, this is an

approaching 202 on the westbound side. traffic had been stopped until seconds ago on the eastbound side as well. but you can see traffic is move on that side. there will be a gaper delay at least on the other side. we see emergency response there on the westbound side. could be some time before this situation is resolved no word on what caused this or if there is injuries at this point. again, an accidents blocking traffic approaching 202 and no doubt having an impact on the other side. >> it's time for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> standing by is meteorologist, adam joseph, with details on the rest of the day so far. high clouds are moving in and i say cooler northerly winds and you look at the highs today and it varies from north to south, and 60s for the lehigh valley, and reading 72 and philadelphia we hit 78 degrees but it hit 80

in dover, millville and the atlantic city airport. even along the shore temperatures much warmer than yesterday with the northerly wind, it was a land breeze as we look live from sky 6 hd in atlantic city, looking southbound towards ventnor and margate with the sunshine soaking the shore this afternoon. as we look at the present number, we are down to 70 in philadelphia, we lost 8 degrees from the high with the cooler winds moving in. 55 in binghamton and 57 in buffalo. high pressure is moving in and squashing that summer warmth to the south and will continue to do so as we go through the middle part of the week. satellite and radar, there are the high clouds with the front passing through and high pressure to the north and that dry air is continuing to push back in and pull the clouds to our south and out of the viewing area, so far tonight it turns clear with a moon lit sky and comfortable and seasonable. 40 in allentown and reading and

wilmington 48 in philadelphia and upper 40s along the shore communes. future tracker tomorrow morning. a lack of cloud cover and that sunshine is in control again tomorrow. 52 in allentown and 54 in millville. tomorrow afternoon again the sunshine is in control but most areas will stay in the 60s tomorrow, a couple of thermometers hitting 70 like philadelphia, but right along the shore with the lack of wind from the north it will send the sea breeze in and only in the 50s. thursday morning the clouds start to push in but warm up to the 70s. and eventually shower as arrive. that is not going happen here until friday. a 0% chance wednesday and thursday, and 60% chance or thursday and friday, and sun returns and back to 0 on sunday. your four day at 4:00, the sun in control tomorrow, with a high of 70 degrees, we warm it back

up on thursday, 74 and early sun giving way to afternoon clouds and an and off showers here but warmer at 77 and early shower saturday giving way to partly sunny skies, a nice start to the weekend of 69 degrees, we'll let you know if a soaking rain is on the way with the seven day. i know the allergy suffers want to kind of clean the air a little bit. we'll let you know. >> adam thank you. >> all the sunshine you talked about is good news for one local school moving to solar power. it's not just for students, it's bringing fresh food to the community. and coming up you ever wished your phone battery lasted longer, this is the report for you. we put several popular models to the test. we have tips to help you get the most from your phone.

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one man is dead after a stabbing in norristown. it happened on the 600 block of chain street they found christopher thomas and they brought him to einstein hospital where he died a short time later. katie mcginty met with leaders in center city. the national committee to preserve social security and medicare endorsed mcginty in today's event. she is running against joe sestak for the democratic nomination. "action news" is talking to all three candidates and vernon odom will have a complete break down of that race at 5:00. and we are hosting a democratic senate delate this week, and have you the chance to join the action. tell us what you want to ask the candidates, send your questions on facebook, twitter or instagram. just use #6abcaction.

the horticulture society teamed up to bring solar power to a local high school. the action cam was at the high school where they flipped the switch on the new solar panels. they powered the greenhouse in the community gardens, they give students and neighbors access to pressure produce. they will power the heater and fans and safety lights. >> pretty cool. hundreds of people flocked to north philadelphia for a chance to land a new job. they hosted philadelphia international airport's national job fair. more than 30 businesses and government agencies that operated within the airport were looking to fill immediate opening, it includes everything from cashiers to massage therapists and beauty stylists. they expected about 1800 people to show up for today's job fair. >> and good luck to all of them.

still ahead. from the players to the pa announcer, it seemed nobody could stop flyers fans poor behavior last night. we have reaction from team leaders in a live report. i'm so sick of my smart phone dying and so are most.

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donkeys popping up around philadelphia. >> and instead of canceling their concert. a british band takes the stage to take a stand in north carolina. their viral message ahead in big talkers. >> first at 4:30, bad behavior at a philadelphia sporting event is again putting the city in the national spotlight for all the wrong reasons. flyers fans upset with the way their team was playing threw wrist bands on the ice and even at players. it was so disruptive, the refs slapped the flyers with penalty. walter perez is joining us outside of the wells fargo center. >> reporter: sharrie it was a delay of game penalty slapped on

the flyers. it had little impact on the game but the outcome of the game was really not the point. >> it was to be a night to honor the memory of ed snider and make a dents in the capital's 2-0 series lead. but it fell short of that. -- >> that is public address announcer lou nolan asking fans to show some class and stop throwing wrist bands given out at the beginning of the game on the ice. flyers coo says that the front office is appalled by what happened last night. >> we will not condone or tolerate the behavior, they embarrassed the city and the majority of fan base that behaved the right way. most of the fans we spoke with at a rally outside of 30th street station agree.

>> it was total disrespect. ed snider would not have wanted that. >> it's a bad mark on the city as a whole. we love to do the games but it makes it harder. >> but there was a few in the crowd, don't be sure it was just flyers fans causing trouble. >> once they said penalty, was it all flyers fans or was it a little washington involved. >> either way none of this does anything to improve our images here as sports fans in philadelphia. game four is tomorrow and gives us one more chance to maintain our dignity. >> it's a tough one to overcome. "action news" is learn that a plane rented in wilmington delaware, crashed on the eastern shore. it crashed near the bay bridge

killing both people on board. we are waiting to learn more about the victims and what caused this crash. eric frein the man accused of ambushing two pennsylvania state troopers was in court in milford. but it did not get far he wants his statement thrown out. >> they objected to that and they postponed the hearing. frein is accused of killing dixon and seriously wounding douglas. the flames broke out at 2:30 inside of an abandoned chicken processing plant in bridgeton, cumberland county. there was a lot of smoke when the crews got on the scene and they called for backup, one person was taken to the hospital because of a medical condition. a homeowners' crystal clear

surveillance camera showed a thief taking her boxes off her porch. there may also be a second victim out there. if you recognize this man you are asked to call the newcastle police department. >> and speaking of crystal clear, it's a crystal clear day out there and then later on the clouds creeped in. >> there is a cold front passing through. the temperatures spike again thursday and friday. as we take a live look at the poconos and lake wa. the wind 23 miles per hour with the air temperature at 59 degrees, the low dry air with the dew point of 26. so it's a little cooler in the poconos but warmer elsewhere.

a dry grown and air mass in place, red flag warning is from the poconos to the shore, if a fire was to spark it could easily spread, you'll want to dispose of an open flame. as we look at the high temperatures, philadelphia we hit 78 despite it dropped back quite a bit since earlier. you see cooler air in chicago and a dip in the temperature department and our next chance for rain coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. anyone walking in philadelphia will start to see some unique company. 57 donkeys like this one will adorn some of the city's most notable sites. it's called donkeys around town, ahead of the democratic convention, to encourage people in town for the convention to see philadelphia while they are

here. the donkeys represent 50 states and five u.s. territories and washington, d.c. and democrats live ago broad. earth day is friday, and the environmental protection wants you to watch out for some. they put labels on hundreds of products that they believe is healthier for the environment. a new york mother is asking for the public's help after her son, a budding businessman and drexel graduate was hit and killed in philadelphia. rick williams is live with more on this story. >> his name was jamal morris and was hit by a car over the weekend and today his family had to take him off of life support. and now his mother wants to find who was behind the wheel. also, coming up tonight at 5:00 in health check, the new push

from minor league baseball to keep chewing tobacco out of the mouths of the sport's future stars. back to you guys. >> see you in about 24 minutes rick. scholarship money is on the way to families in bucks county, verizon and the bridge educational foundation is pitching in $20,000, the anoupsment was made at our lady of grace school. thanks to the tax credit or atic. parents from jewish day school celebrated passover early. they held a seder at the congregation at merion station, the fifth graders led the younger studentses in prayers and passover songs in hebrew. >> still ahead they are fighting for the right to sue saudi arabia, victims of the 9/11

attacks want justice but it's turning into a complicated political fight. we have the developments next. >> and coming up they may look like a belong in the united states but these futuristic pods are a dream come true for travelers. we'll explain in big talkers and adam joseph is standing by with the full accuweather forecast.

we want to take a look at breaking news we brought you moments ago, this involving a crash that is happening on the westbound side of the schuylkill expressway. this happening approaching 202, chopper 6 hd giving us live pictures now as authorities work to try to clear some of this debris out of the way. that white pickup truck was taking up more of the lanes moments ago but they are getting that more off to the side. this is indeed causing major backups and delays in the area,

this accident happening around 4:00, the traffic is at a stand still. we learn that two ambulances are headed to the scene but the injuries are minor at this point and matt pellman will have more coming newspaper traffic in a few minutes. chilling surveillance video from texas shows the man that please believe killed a mom inside of a small church. he was walking through the lobby dressed head to toe in tactical gear, 25-year-old missy was last seen walking into the church with equipment for her boot camp class. students found her body at 5:00 yesterday morning, students are trying to figure out if she was targeted or in the wrong place at the wrong time. a political battle is raining in washington for a bill that would allow survivors of the 9/11 attacks to sue saudi

arabia. president obama is vowing to veto it, and paul ryan is against it. it's a move that is right now illegal. the bill would prevent saudi arabia and other countries with alleged terrorist ties from claiming sovereign immunity in a u.s. court. >> we have to make sure we don't make mistakes with our allies. >> now, the pressure comes as the president is traveling to saudi arabia, family member are urging him to release a classified report that proves the saudis were involved in the attacks. now, to the big talkers now. there is news of more bands canceling their concerts in north carolina to protest the state's new law on lgbt rights. one ban decided the show must go

on. duran duran's performance is going viral. they took the stage and took a stand in charlotte over the weekend. -- it's plain old fashioned prejudice. -- [ inaudible ] so using that time on stage to send a message. the band also encouraged fans to register to vote and sign a petition that will be presented at a north carolina general assembly meeting next week. meanwhile the visitors bureau in raleigh, says that city alone has already lost $3 million because of canceled events. a 4-year-old, she is the star, the surfing queen is riding a wave of success across the internet and social media. aviana's dad put a go pro on the

end of her surf board to record her first solo ride and she nails it, look at the excitement on her face, she is learning to surf with her dad since she was 2 years old and practices in the pool in california, dad says letting her go was hard but he couldn't be more proud of his little girl. lastly, jetblue is making it easier for jet lag travellers to grab shut eye. the airline announced their new jet nap energy pods. they are located at the terminal in new york at jfk airport. it has a reclining is chair that plays special rhythm that helps you nap. each passenger gets tos. for free for 20 minutes and then the chair wakes them up with a combo of lights and

vibrations and music. north way to relax. >> it would take me 19 minutes to fall asleep and they i would have to get up. >> 20 minutes is the limit. lets get the latest on the accident that sharrie mentioned. it's creating havoc on the schuylkill westbound right now. matt pellman is standing by. >> that pod is looking inviting to me, i need a nap after this afternoon's compute. it's crazy out there. chopper 6 hd is live over it in king of prussia, schuylkill expressway westbound a few vehicles involved. that is the truck facing sideways, and at least they have it straightened out but there is work to do in the westbound lanes, no traffic getting through on the schuylkill westbound as you come away from gulph mills towards 202 and as chopper pans to the right you see the long line of stuck traffic. the poor people are stuck here

now for going on 45 minutes. here is the camera shot, it gives us a vantage point, and no traffic is getting through. so what to do, coming west on the schuylkill expressway use south gulph road. and i would use the pennsylvania turnpike, and then on the westbound side of turnpike or use westchester avenue. on the eastbound side we had a broken down vehicle by montgomery and that got pushed off to the side and another portion is of 76 the pennsylvania turnpike past morgantown there is a crash in the left lane and a crash in limerick. and what a mess it is here on the delaware memorial bridge, emergency construction is just letting one man by getting into delaware, you have major jams on southbound 295 and the southbound turnpike and slow at

the commodore barry bridge but better than the delaware memorial. we'll check it again at 5:00. >> thank you matt. still ahead, don't be stuck with a dead cell phone battery ever again. we have tips to keep your phone charge as head in what's the deal? .

adam joseph is joining us now in the midst of a great week. >> about seven days now including today without a drop of rain or precipitation, a couple more days and then we get more rain here. we need rain but we see shots like this from the action cam, we'll take the sunshine and dry weather. this is the calmart nickel a dutch built ship. typically this is parked down by

the cape may lewes ferry. the win is whipping down bringing in some cooler air. if you look at double scan live radar, a brilliant sky today and even high cirrus clouds have pushed in with the cool front and no precipitation but with the high thin, cirrus clouds made up of ice crystals, it displayed quite a halo around the sun. i got lots of photos on my facebook page, the sun's rays refracture and reflect on the clouds and create that ring around the sun. in fact her students, one of her students, miss samantha look up

what is that? so she had to ask. chester and center city temperatures around 70 degree mark, and a bit warmer to the south because of the cooler air pushing in from the north. and we are waiting for it in dover and smyrna 74 and 72 in hammonton. and a sea breeze tries to kick in late in the afternoon on the boardwalk in surf city. there is the front passing through with the cirrus clouds but they are pushing down to the south and the high pressure will be arriving here late tonight and throughout your wednesday, it turns clear tonight and a moon lit night and comfortable with temperatures in the 40s. 48 for center city. still sunshine and pleasant with a high temperature of around 70 degrees and this high will continue to drift down to the south here on thursday, a return flow as the winds wrap clockwise

around this high swinging a warm front through that brings more clouds through approaching the system turning warmer up to 70 degrees and the rain collapses in here on friday. we need the rain to bring the pollen levels down. it spikes back up with the wind on thursday and then on friday, it dips a little bit with the shower as rising. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 70 sunny and cooler tomorrow and sun giving way to afternoon clouds moving the temperatures to 74 and warm despite clouds and on and off clouds and partly sunny on saturday, nice and 69 degrees and sun and clouds on sunday and monday clouds enter in with more rain possible in tuesday with highs in the mid-60s where we should be this time of year. >> thanks adam. what is the deal? with cell phone batteries next.

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>> all right what's the deal? people have complaints about their cell phone's short battery life and i can relate. nydia han has tips to keep your phone going. >> the range in battery life in smart phones is huge. we have the results on more than 250 phones that have the longest lasting batteries. it has happened to all of us at some point, you are not near an electric outlet and you can get a warn on your phone for a low battery. consumer reports tests batteries each year, in one test, consumer reports uses an emulator to stimulate use like voice calls

and web browsing. >> the motorolandroid turbo does the best. those all have rapid charging that can bring a dying battery to 30% to 60% in 30 minutes, but what if your phone season on the list. >> even if you don't have these phones there is ways to get more juice. >> change your screen brightness to auto so it can adjust it. and set the screen to go to sleep after 15 or 30 seconds of inactivity. and another tip if you find yourself with no signal s put on airplane mode. and many newer phones offer a

savings or low power mode if you are running really low. and any of the iphones consumer reports says that the latest iphones do well in the battery tests, several other phones last longer. i'm nydia han, channel 6 "action news." >> i use that power save all the time. finally at 4:00, this one may make you squirm a little bit. the action cam got a preview of cirque du soleil's insect inspired show. even the tarantula were on hand for the show at drexel er universi university. >> they are incredible. >> now for sharrie williams, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. hope you'll join me along with sharrie and ducis rogers tonight and every night for a full hour

of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. now here is monica malpass and rick williams way look ahead. >> coming up next at 5:00, the pennsylvania primary is just a week away and the democratic race for senate is neck and neck, tonight vernon odom sits down with the candidates hoping to knock pat toomey out of office. and police identify the crossing guard hit on a busy trenton road yesterday. and rescue workers continue to search for survivors after the deadly earthquake.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. atlantic city officials will continue to have access to what little cash they have left. despite new jersey education officials forcing them to pay up on their debts. the big story on "action news" is yet another temporary reprieve for atlantic city. after the city approved a tax payment to their local school system. john rawlins is live with the

details. >> reporter: hi guys well times are tight here there is no doubt about it. the latest payment of about $4 million to the school district we are learning that they are living day to day, money in and money out. barring trenton sending a life line soon, tax money about $40 million to $50 million won't be here until the first week of may. given their precarious financial position, governor christie was asking the court for an injunction that would force a.c. to set aside the roughly $40 million they owe the school system for the rest of year. >> atlantic city has to make tough choices, but one choice they are not going to have to make is the payment to the school district, their absolute